Micelle Formation by Surfactants

Micelle formation, or micellization, is an important phenomenon not only because a number of important interfacial phenomena, such as detergency and solubilization, depend on the existence of micelles in solution, but also because it affects other interfacial phenomena, such as surface or interfacia...

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Published inSurfactants and Interfacial Phenomena pp. 105 - 177
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, NJ, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 02.07.2004
Subjects
aggregation numbers
aqueous media
aqueous solution–air
aqueous solution–hydrocarbon interface
critical micelle concentration (CMC)
micelle formation
nonaqueous media
shape
structure
surfactants
thermodynamic parameters
value
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ISBN0471478180
9780471478188
DOI10.1002/0471670561.ch3

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Summary:Micelle formation, or micellization, is an important phenomenon not only because a number of important interfacial phenomena, such as detergency and solubilization, depend on the existence of micelles in solution, but also because it affects other interfacial phenomena, such as surface or interfacial tension reduction, that do not directly involve micelles. Micelles have become a subject of great interest to the organic chemist and the biochemist – to the former because of their unusual catalysis of organic reactions and to the latter because of their similarity to biological membranes and globular proteins.
ISBN:0471478180
9780471478188
DOI:10.1002/0471670561.ch3